The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-02-10
Several Coaches Of q Railroad Train
20 Off Bridge Near Wood:
stock, Vermont.
he Wreck Immediately Takes Fir<
and Helpless Passengers arc Burned
to Death.

ing over the bridge In safety. The rest Of
the train was thrown from the rails and con-
tlnued On the road bed Until IL tame iieaf
the end Of the bridge, but there it ran over
the abut,neiat and all OF the cars fell Into the
White river, fifty feet below The gorge ut
this point is frightful, and when the cars
went down there was terrible crash.
As soon an possible the detached
part ct the train was stoppctl
and ran back to the scene OF
the disaster. The screams of the injurs d
were heartrending. Assistance also came
from the people living in the vicinity, and
everything was done to rescue AMI relieve
the injured. Soon after help arrived it was
discovered that fire bad started in the frs:
passenger coach, and soon the entire train
was ablaze, thus adding a new horror. Those
present were powerless to stop the FIRE, and
devoted themselves entirely to attempts to
rescue those imprisoned in the wreck The
rcscuers met another and unexpected obsta.
Gle in the heat. which he'd become 50 intense
that they were obliged to felinqush their
efforts to save the sufferers, and were CON-
PEELED to retreat to place Of safety for
themselves, and to become unwilling wit
hesses OF the awful holocaust In addition,
the weather was intensely cold, and the he
ro1c rescuers were hinde1ed thereby in theil
work. No water could be obtained with
winch to check or extinguish the flames
The Ice wae several inches thick on the
river: and there were no appliances at hand
to raise it,
The accident Is the most terrible of any
tnat ever occurred III Northern New En-.
VINO was on the tram, states that he was in q
central Vermont sleeping car: He says:
can remember twenty passengers who were
IN the car with me. There were five ladies
among them: was awakened by the humping
OF the car. Then came the crash and all was
darkness. There were means and calls tor heIp
l found myself pinned down by seat which
!ay across my hips, but broke the window and
the car dropped fifty five feet. The other three
cars were also ON the :c,. having broken away
from the forward part Of the train. gen
tleman who occupied the berth next to
ssucceeded in extricating him. Mrs Pryden Of
Montreal was in the ruins aud underneath me-
and a we saved her: 1t was necessary to tear her
clotnIng on 10 get her out l was the first per-
son to get out. Mr.. Hutchins of Bralntree,
w., escaped a-d assisted in saving others. 1
worked until 1 was 80 chilled could do nothing
nre. and amid the swiring flames those WHO
were unable to escape could BE- seen In the en-
brace OF death. l could see the imprisoned
Out OF the twenty-five in my car, personally
know that niue, at least. were saved I sawtwo
OF those IN my car in the flames. remember q
in Be.on VII ,a1 his eli
was saved. but his companion was lost.
SOME OF THE INCIDENTS
man was seen with little child in his
The body Of Pullman Conductor Burgess
was one OF the first taken out It was not
badly mutilated. The remains of the porter
OF one OF the cars was identified by his
clothing and watch. The body of A. L.
Wesson was identified tonight In the
pocket OF blue dress coat was found let
Ter written upon letterhead of O. W. San
ford, agent OF the Moxie Nerve Food CON-
pany, dated Washington. D. c., Dec 80, and
addressed to Dear Charles. The BODY OF the
owner IL supposed to have been entirely
DESTROYED, and is supposed by travelling
men TO have been that Of Charles W.
9: Chase Co. of Boston. He WAS in u e
boston Pullman car. A coat belonging TO
Charles A. Hibard of Boston was found
Miss p. H. Follett Of Sharon, vt, proves not
to have been seriously injured. Most Of the
bodies recovered were taken to the village
OF Hartford and placed in an undertaker's
establishments Thtty-nine bodies in all
nave been taken out Of the wreck, and only
nve OF this number are in any manner
recognizable 1t will be impossible to tell
bow many were in the train, as the con
dnctor had only begun taking up tickets
after leaving here. Many bodies have prob
ably gone into the river and under the ice.
WORSE AND WORSE.
At this hour (midnight) thirty nine bodies
IN an nave been recovered from the wreck,
and 1t Is positively known that AZ persons
persisted. Ono of the wrecked cars on the
ice has not yet been overhauled. and it is
tnought at least twenty bodies are in the de-
Drls. Should this prove true it will run the
ix-tx. -
Will not include those which NAV
have been carried into the river through the
ice The latest communication as to the num-
Der OF persons on the train places it at over
one hundred. When the lost car on the ice
~ overhauled tomorrow and further
Identification takes place, a more complete
!,st Will To obtainab!e, although it is thought
tnat q score OF the bodies already recovered
arc So diSflgurcd as to preclude any possibil-
1ty OF Identification. Many of the surv;v-
ors will probably die OF their wounds
fell and the speed with which the train Was
running, it is regarded az a miracle that any
one scaped The first passenger to escape
IVES Zsph Marquet. a French Canadian
BOY: He was with his father,
Dayld Marquet,, on the way from
H HSSly Ss to their homes in Canada.
The third car from the rear: He
was doing in his seat when
he felt the cars shiver. In this
few seconds the car dashed over the bridge
upon the ice. BY hard work the boy got out
OF one OF the windows He at once went in
him by the Ii hit of the burning wreck lust
above him, pinned down by part of the top
Of the car, which had fallen directly across
his chest and legs The old man was as
hrmIy held as if in a WISE Joseph was
THE ONLY ONE WHO ESCAPED
from the car. He says he rushed to his
fa'her's assistance and spoke words of en-
courascment to him. The father
VI was very very zoo cool and told his son
possible. The boy seized his father and
Struggled with nil his strength to extricate
him, but all in vain. The flames were an
rapidly: Joseph" said the
[ Ia run and get an axe
not find ether pul, @%s out ne then IS could
have to break my legs to do it" ~ Joseph
[uggcd with all his might, but could not stir
bis father an inch With wonderful GOODNESS
the father gave himself up to his fate
The following is a list of the killed, so far as
their names b; We been ascertained:
Identified-Ed f. Dillon, Dartmouth: 8 8
Westcott, burlington. and his little son:
Frank L. Wesson. Springfield, Mass. !: D.
Magnet, Quebec: Edward Banks, brakeman.
OF Lebanon, n H.; NJ r. Burgess, Pullman
Car conductor; Miss Nancy Dunbar OF Por-
ter's station, Somerville; Mason Mills Of
lroquois. Ont, identified by watch and ring;
conductor 5. g. Sturtevant; John Madden.
colored porter OF the Pullman car *Plvrim."
Mills OF 1roquois, Ont. Bonla"eer of Holyoke,
\ young giri; A. }. Hammer Of Boston. norter
of pullman car "A:bans;" unknown porter of
The pullman car Puritan" Edgar Wilder of
Dayton, Ohio. identified By his brother
today; Charles W. Sanford of Lo-
we'll (probably); Mrs Devieneau Of
identified to-day by her brother.
A large number OF bodies cannot 10
there is also long list O.,
wounded who will recover.